CARVE-IT -- Printmaking Event at HECHO A MANO gallery

The "CARVE-IT" live printmaking event, featuring 11 artists, went really smoothly at HECHO A MANO gallery in Santa Fe on September 14, 2024, from 6 to8 PM:

A nice crowd showed up

for this public printmaking event

Cranking the press non-stop

for two hours

The event begin when JIM COOGAN 

got a little printmaking help

JIM COOGAN  printing

with a Japanese Baren

Individual Tessellation prints by JIM COOGAN 

TODD CHRISTENSEN at work

(note the tiny bags of ink color in the upper left)

TODD CHRISTENSEN teaches printmaking

at Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico

ELIZA LUTZ carved a clever exquisite two piece "donut" linocut -- one that would make four different prints, simply by spinning the inner disc 90 degrees four time:

Inking the two part puzzle "donut" linocut

by ELIZA LUTZ

One of the four variations

that one can get from ELIZA LUTZ puzzle linocut

ELIZA LUTZ

Individual cat Tessellation prints

by ELIZA LUTZ

PRINTING IN COLOR

AMY MAESTAS also printed with the two piece puzzle "donut" linocut -- in two colors, yellow for the inner disc, and blue for the outside square frame:

AMY MAESTAS printing in color

ANNA ARAGON also made multi-colored prints:

Inking a JOHN TOLLETT linocut

JOHN TOLLETT'S carving station

JOHN TOLLETT (right) with Holly Grimm

RICHARD BARNES 

RICHARD BARNES carving

RICHARD BARNES print

A MIKE KIMBALL print

Another MIKE KIMBALL print

MIKE KIMBALL inspecting TODD CHRISTENSEN'S prints

TODD CHRISTENSEN'S two color individual Tessellation print

TODD CHRISTENSEN 

printing on the Sizzix Big Shot Plus embossing press

TODD CHRISTENSEN'S  print

TODD CHRISTENSEN'S plates

 Flash following Greta Young,

entering the gallery

Flash, Greta and Caryn

came to our event

Holly Grimm came to the event as well

Ann and Tim Jag, the organizer of The PRINTERS PLANET,

came to the opening

Getting busy at the inking station,

all night long

Fresh prints

NANCY CAMACHO'S carving tools and linoleum

BLOG POSTS

• CARVE-IT -- SUMMARY

• CARVE-IT -- Set-up and Materials

• CARVE-IT -- The Printmakers

• CARVE-IT -- Printmaking Event at HECHO A MANO gallery

• CARVE-IT -- Tessellation Prints at HECHO A MANO gallery